SEPTEMBER SOUND BYTES

Summer's over??? Already???

Don't know about you, but we've been too busy here to even write about it!

So.... to catch up a bit....

H&N Music provided original as well as re-worked songs for Lil Language Scholars. The Spanish language school, located in Libertyville, needed a teaching aid for young students. We enlisted the vocal talents of Lily Perez to complete these short, but cute, ditties guaranteed to help youngsters...and their parents... learn Spanish. Another satisfied client!

H&N also provided the music for the Daniel Wright 8th Grade graduation video. This was a massive undertaking, involving a re-sing by some talented students of the Killers song, HUMAN. Thanks to Barb Tolbert for bringing the project here.

The last few months have seen a number of Derrick's original songs placed on high profile TV shows, like Memphis Beat and HBO's True Blood.

New client Elizabeth Egen came in to follow her lifelong dream of doing VoiceOver. The resulting VO demo that we produced should have her feeling like she's well on her way to achieving that dream. That's what we're all about here folks...helping people achieve their dreams.

And speaking of which....

on the heals of here second release, Judy Rundell is back in the studio to work on the next Naptime Nanny project. This time we're going into overdrive to get a Christmas themed package out in time for holiday gift giving. Half way there as of this writing.... stay tuned.

And last, but not least, the long delayed Jim Krzych project looks like it will finally come to completion yet this year. This collaboration with Derrick, and a host of some of Chicago's finest players, contains some of the best ARROYO music that never was!

March Sound Bytes

So...
where were we?
Oh yeah... November. Well, glad that's over. In fact, 2010 loomed large by December's end. New studio projects and bigger and better things for The No. 1 Sports Promo Voice.

January saw Derrick's voiceover career kick into high gear with the addition of the Los Angeles Dodgers as a new client for the entire baseball season. Derrick will be providing the Voice, as well as audio production and even copy consultation, for all of the Dodgers English tv and radio spots!
The season hasn't even started but Derrick's been a busy boy getting the first of many spots done for the defending Western Division Champs.

January, February and March saw the inception and completion of one of our favorite client's sophomore projects, Naptime Nanny Volume 2. Derrick produced and wrote original music for 6 animal themed stories with a kid friendly twist, narrated again by Judy Rundell. These delightful tales will be available shortly at fine retailers everywhere and at www.naptimenanny.com

March has also seen the completion of a one song project by Jill Hoffman, a senior at Deerfield High School. Jill's song, LET YOU GO, was produced and co-written by Derrick, with guest appearances by Chris Siebold and Greg Baroni. A fine pop ditty, this song will be a strong contender for multiple licensing opportunities as well as a solid showcase for Jill as a budding young artist. Look for it soon on our website.

November Sound Bytes

So... what happened to October? Well, we got busy that's what! Timothy Hay, aka Tim Severns, decided that he liked what we were doing with his songs so much that he figured we'd better finish the "wreckerd" in time for his move back to Utah. And finish we did! With several weeks of intense recording, mixing, editing and mastering, the final product was wrapped up by the end of October and sent off to Discmakers for duplication just as Tim and his faithful companion, Minnie, headed out west. It was a creative challenge for us at H&N to work with tracks that had been started elsewhere, but we came up with some interesting ways to deal with it, much to everyone's delight. And most importantly, we made a new friend. Tim and Minnie will always be welcome back at the studio. We'll soon be posting a comp of the tracks and a link to Tim's site, as well as a good Before and After of at least one song to showcase what we do here at H&N. Watch for The Timothy Hay Wreckerd at all the finest online retailers.

In between Tim's record project we hooked up with our old friend, Mike Britton, on a voiceover gig for Silver Rock resort in La Quinta. Other voiceover work included a new client, ReachMD, a satellite radio channel by and for doctors.

Derrick and writing partner Brett Ratner composed and produced two new tracks for MasterSource in Los Angeles. The songs, Inside Looking Out and Song She Sang, will appear soon on a Psychedelic 60's compilation and will undoubtedly find their way into numerous television and film projects.